The sunken ferry Sewol sits on a semi-submersible ship during its salvage operations at the sea off Jindo, South Korea, March 26, 2017. Yonhap via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. SOUTH KOREA OUT. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

Salvage workers are set to start the dangerous task of picking through the wreck of South Korea's Sewol vessel

Salvage workers are set to begin the grim and dangerous task of searching the wreck of South Korea’s Sewol ferry, the Maritime Ministry said Monday, after releasing a stark image of the vessel’s devastated interior.

Following a complex salvage operation, the raised ferry was finally placed on dry land on Sunday, nearly three years after it sank with the loss of more than 300 lives – most of them schoolchildren.